The editorials have very difficult words mostly.If i start to find the meaning of every difficult word it ll take me hours to complete one editorial.What should i do?

There is no need of cramming each and every word of editorial or any piece of writing....just take the gist of the editorial that what is it about and what the writer wants to convey....then you can note down the important points in your self made current affairs notes.....this exercise is very helpful as one can't memorize each and every word of the newspaper....best of luck.

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Hamza, without understanding the essence of difficult words you wont understand the sentences well. So in my opinion look for the words which you say is difficult, it will not only help you with understanding the article but will also help you with your vocabulary and overall preparation. So looking for words which you don't understand is a healthy practice. By looking for a word two to three times whenever it comes your way eventually it will go to your permanent memory then you don't have to look for that word again. Eventually the difficult words will decrease in number when you read any article or anything else.

One trick to read editorial or newspaper

While reading an article,editorial and any other writing...read it loudly and in speed...loud reading would improve your pronunciation and style and speed can make you tricky.Your mind would get un-expected alertness whenever you try to make something understandable in speed.

For difficult words....try web dictionary or digital dictionary,this would save your time and can boost your picking power with different real time examples.
Note: Keep a pocket diary or notebook all the time with you...make a routine word list(5 words\day) in that and explain those un-familiar words in that dictionary with small urdu or punjabi writings.spend a minute or two to have a look over that pocket note-book whenever you are free ...

Hope so this would work

the question is that how to read it in less time....these are nice suggestions when one has plenty of time....but the exams are just ahead so....i think all the time should not be given to the editorial alone.

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I m sorry you might not like my opinion on the matter but the truth is there is no shortcut to reading editorials. However, maybe if you narrow down your objective regarding editorials then you might be able to skip out on some details. There are basically three reasons for pouring over editorials:

1. To increase vocabulary
2. To analyse the writing style and know how to handle a burning current issue and write an essay on it
3. To gain insight into current affairs

First, For increasing vocabulary you will have to note down new words and look up their meanings.I m afraid there isnt a way to circumvent that.No magic pill there.
If however you have keen grasp over how to write an essay then you can fairly skim through editorials and not delve too much on them.
And lastly again you dont have to go through every editorial just make smarter choices and go through the ones that pertain to current affairs paper. that may save you some time.
Regards.

@shahhamxa

I also came across with same issue. English is not our mother tongue so we really have to put our efforts to be familiar with it. our ears are not trained with this language and we extensively use our mother tongue and other regional languages in our daily routine, therefore we find it not easy to understand.

all of the suggestions that have been given by helpful members, will actually improve your understanding of editorial if you work on it accordingly. Yes there is no shortcut only consistency will make you able to get success.

wish you good luck

My this address is to all the members who have replied to the post along with the one who has initiated it.
Learning English is an art. And reading and understanding can be made a lot easier if you know the tricks of the trade.
I have been teaching English Grammar and Literature for the last 7 years and have something useful to share.
You will be surprised to know that the real English words are merely 50 % while the remaining are composed with the addition of either a prefix ( the word that is written before the original word. e.g. un, in, im, etc.) and suffix ( the word that is written after the original word. e.g. less, ale, ily, etc.)
The main thing you need to learn is the root word which gives birth to numerous words.
For instance, the word "vid" generally refers to "view". If you know this thing then you can easily understand meanings of the words you have never heard or read before. e.g. video. vision, visual. evidence. and many more such words which will give you the sense of the word.
I repeatedly quote that half of the words for better understandings of English are merely a guess work which you can learn by knowing the word etymology.
So for the quick reading of editorial, make use of guess-work by using common sense and etymology.
Regards,
Ainuddin Kibzai.

Thanks a lot sir g!! Really a nice approach.

Please give some tips regarding Etymology.
THanks again for sharing such a nice tip.
May Allah bless you.

Regards

Etymology is the study of the history of words, their origins, and how their form and meaning have changed over time.
Here again I quote that I had never studied etymology at all but had good common sense of comparing different words and taking out the similarities.
Nothing is easy or difficult to study. All I know is easy to me and vice versa.
It also needs one's personal interest as well to develop the skill.
Developing the skill of etymology needs your keen observation along with little effort.
Another example for etymology is as follows.
The words such as spectacle, spectrum, prospect, aspect, spectacular, inspection, inspector, etc, have some thing in common and that is "spec". So one can easily develop the sense that all these words have more or less the similar meanings having a common word among them.
All have some connection, one way or the other, with the meaning "view".
Hence, one can easily guess the meanings of various bizarre words one comes across while reading a newspaper or some other piece of writing.
Regards,
Ainuddin Kibzai.